esquerdismo
Portuguese
Etymology
From esquerda (“left”) + -ismo.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.keʁˈd͡ʒiz.mu/ [is.keɦˈd͡ʒiz.mu], /es.keʁˈd͡ʒiz.mu/ [es.keɦˈd͡ʒiz.mu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /is.keɾˈd͡ʒiz.mu/, /es.keɾˈd͡ʒiz.mu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.keʁˈd͡ʒiʒ.mu/, /eʃ.keʁˈd͡ʒiʒ.mu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.keɻˈd͡ʒiz.mo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.kɨɾˈdiʒ.mu/ [(i)ʃ.kɨɾˈðiʒ.mu]
- Hyphenation: es‧quer‧dis‧mo
Noun
esquerdismo m (usually uncountable, plural esquerdismos)
- leftism (movement pro- or belief in left-wing politics)
- Antonym: direitismo
Related terms
Further reading
- “esquerdismo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025